PT-2013-2189 · Boost · Boost

Published 2013-03-12 · Updated 2013-12-05 · CVE-2013-0252

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Boost versions 1.48 through 1.52

Description The issue is related to the boost::locale::utf::utf traits in the Boost.Locale library, which fails to properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences. This could potentially allow remote attackers to bypass input validation protection mechanisms by using crafted trailing bytes.

Recommendations For Boost versions 1.48 through 1.52, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for this issue, as the current version may allow attackers to bypass input validation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0252

Affected Products

Boost

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0252 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650 · Note
• http://boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/57675 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2 · Note
• https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481 · Note